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Definitions

• Dengue diseases are caused by four closely related but distinctly antigenic flavivirus-like viruses ( Gübler et al., 1988 In: Epidemiology of arthropod-terminal viral disease. Monath TPM, editor, Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press: 223-60 ; Kautner et al., 1997, J. of Pediatrics, 131: 516-524 ; Rigau-Pérez et al., 1998, Lancet; 352: 971-977 ; Vaughn et al., 1997, Infect Dis; 176: 322-30 ). Infection with a dengue serotype can produce a spectrum of clinical illness ranging from nonspecific viral syndrome to fatal severe haemorrhagic disease.
• the incubation period of dengue fever after mosquito bite is about 4 days (ranging from 3 to 14 days).
• Dengue fever is characterized by biphasic fever, headache, pain in various parts of the body, prostration, rash, lymphadenopathy, and leukopenia ( Kautner et al., 1997, J. of Pediatrics, 131: 516-524 ; Rigau-Pérez et al., 1998, Lancet; 352: 971-977 ).
• the viremic period is the same as the febrile period ( Vaughn et al., 1997, J. Infect. say .; 176: 322-30 ).
• the cure of dengue fever is acquired after 7 to 10 days, but prolonged asthenia is usual. Decreases in leukocyte and platelet count are common.
• Dengue haemorrhagic fever is a severe febrile illness characterized by abnormalities of homeostasis and an increase in vascular permeability that can lead to hypovolemia and hypotension (dengue with shock syndrome) often complicated by severe internal bleeding.
• the mortality rate of dengue haemorrhagic fever can reach up to 10% without therapy, but is 1% in most centers with therapeutic experience ( WHO technical guide, 1986. Dengue haemorrhagic fever: diagnosis, treatment and control, p1-2. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerl years).
• Routine laboratory diagnosis of dengue fever is based on virus isolation and / or detection of dengue virus specific antibodies.
• Dengue fever is the second most important tropical infectious disease after malaria, with more than half of the world's population living in areas at risk of epidemic transmission. Each year, dengue cases are estimated at 50-100 million, cases of patients hospitalized for dengue haemorrhagic at 500 000, and the number of deaths at 25 000. Dengue is endemic in Asia, the Pacific, Africa , in Latin America and the Caribbean. More than 100 tropical countries are endemic for dengue virus and dengue haemorrhagic infections have been documented in 60 of these countries ( Gubler, 2002, TRENDS in Microbiology. 10: 100-103 ; Monath, 1994, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci .; 91: 2395-2400 ).
• Dengue fever has been a leading cause of febrile illness among US troops during deployments in tropical areas endemic for dengue fever ( DeFraites et al., 1994, MMWR 1994; 43: 845-848 ).
• the viruses are maintained in a cycle that involves humans and Aedes aegypti, a domestic mosquito bites the day, which prefers to feed on humans.
• Infection in humans is initiated by the injection of the virus during the blood meal of a mosquito Aedes aegypti infected.
• the salivary virus is deposited mainly in extravascular tissues.
• the first category of infected cells after inoculation are the dendritic cells, which then migrate to the lymph nodes ( Wu et al., 2000, Nature Med .; 7: 816-820 ). After initial replication in the skin and in the lymph nodes, the virus appears in the blood during the acute febrile phase, usually for 3-5 days.
• Monocytes and macrophages are, along with dendritic cells, among the first targets of the dengue virus. Protection against homotypic reinfection is complete and probably lasts a lifetime, but cross-protection between different types of dengue lasts less than a few weeks to a few months ( Sabin, 1952, Am. J. Too. Med. Hyg .; 1: 30-50 ). As a result, a subject may be infected with a different serotype. A second dengue infection is theoretically a risk factor for developing severe dengue fever. However, dengue haemorrhagic fever is multifactorial: these factors include the strain of the virus involved, as well as the age, immune status, and genetic predisposition of the patient.
• dengue haemorrhagic fever Two factors play a major role in the occurrence of dengue haemorrhagic fever: rapid viral replication with high viremia (the severity of the disease being associated with the level of viremia; Vaughn et al., 2000, J. Inf. say .; 181: 2-9 ) and an important inflammatory response with the release of high levels of inflammatory mediators ( Rothman and Ennis, 1999, Virology; 257: 1-6 ).
• the treatment of dengue fever is symptomatic with bed rest, fever and pain control with antipyretics and analgesics, and adequate drinking.
• Treatment of dengue haemorrhagic fever requires the balancing of fluid loss, replacement of clotting factors and heparin infusion.
• the inventors have demonstrated that it is possible to generate a homologous immune response comprising antibodies neutralizing the four serotypes when they are administered simultaneously two by two at distinct anatomical sites in a first series. administrations then a second series of administrations implemented 30 days to 12 months after the first administration of the 4 serotypes.
• the inventors have in particular shown that a concomitant DEN-1,2 bivalent immunization with a bivalent DEN-3,4 immunization carried out at two distinct anatomical sites and followed by a booster of the same vaccine doses under the same conditions induces responses against all four serotypes in all immunized monkeys, with the exception of one serotype in one animal. Conversely, tetravalent immunization conducted in a single site only led to a satisfactory response against two out of four serotypes.
• the immune response generated by the method according to the present invention is therefore more important quantitatively and qualitatively (covers all serotypes).
• the dengue vaccine viruses (i) are administered in the form of a single bivalent vaccine dose.
• the vaccine viruses of dengue (ii) are administered in the form of a single bivalent vaccine dose.
• said serotype 1 dengue vaccine virus is selected from the group consisting of the VDV1 strain and a ChimeriVax TM DEN-1.
• said serotype 2 dengue vaccine virus is selected from the group consisting of the VDV2 strain and a ChimeriVax TM DEN-2.
• said vaccinal dengue serotype 1 virus is the VDV1 strain and said serotype 2 dengue vaccine virus is the VDV2 strain.
• said serotype 1 dengue vaccine virus is a ChimeriVax TM DEN-1 and said serotype 2 dengue vaccine virus is a ChimeriVax TM DEN-2.
• said vaccine virus dengue serotype 3 is a ChimeriVax TM DEN-3.
• said serotype 4 dengue vaccine virus is a ChimeriVax TM DEN-4.
• the first and second serotypes are respectively CYD DEN-1 and CYD DEN-2 and the third and fourth serotypes are respectively CYD DEN-3 and CYD DEN-4.
• the first and second serotypes are respectively CYD DEN-1 and CYD DEN-3 and the third and fourth serotypes are respectively CYD DEN-2 and CYD DEN-4.
• the amount of dengue vaccine viruses of serotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 is in a range from 10 3 to 10 6 DICC 50 .
• the vaccine viruses used in the second series of administrations are identical to those used in the first series of administration.
• the second series of administrations is implemented 30 to 60 days after the first series of administrations.
• the present invention also provides a divalent composition or vaccine comprising an immunoperative amount of the first and second serovar dengue vaccine viruses and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
• the divalent composition or vaccine comprises vaccine viruses selected from the group consisting of: ChimeriVax TM DEN-1 and ChimeriVax TM DEN-3; or ChimeriVax TM DEN-2 and ChimeriVax TM DEN-4; or ChimeriVax TM DEN-1 and ChimeriVax TM DEN-2; or ChimeriVax TM DEN-3 and ChimeriVax TM DEN-4.
• two anatomical sites are "distinct", if they are drained by different lymph nodes.
• the right arm and the left arm are considered separate sites.
• Other non-limiting examples include the following distinct sites: right arm / right thigh; the left arm / the left thigh, the left arm / the right thigh.
• spontaneous administrations means administrations implemented on the same day (i.e. at most 24H). Simultaneous administrations are advantageously carried out at most 1 hour apart from each other, typically at 1-5 minutes from each other.
• the doses (i) are administered at a first anatomical site, either in the form of two monovalent doses or as a single bivalent dose.
• the doses (ii) they are administered simultaneously at a second anatomical site, either in the form of two monovalent doses or in the form of a single bivalent dose, the first and second sites being distinct sites as defined above .
• DEN Single-stranded, positive-strand RNA viruses belonging to the genus Flavivirus of the flaviviridae family .
• the genomic RNA contains a type I cap at the 5 'end but lacks a poly-A tail at the 3' end.
• the genomic organization consists of the following: 5 'non-coding region (NCR), structural proteins (capsid (C), pre-membrane / membrane (prM / M), envelope (E)) and non-structural proteins (NS1- NS2A-NS2B-NS3-NS4A-NS4B-NS5) and NCR 3 '.
• the genomic viral RNA is associated with the capsid proteins to form a nucleocapsid.
• the DEN viral genome encodes an uninterrupted coding region that is translated into a single polyprotein.
• the term "dengue vaccine virus” is intended to mean any viral form of the dengue virus capable of inducing a specific homologous immune response, preferably any viral form of the dengue virus that can be used in the context of the present invention. of a human immunization program against dengue virus infection.
• the term “dengue vaccine virus” is thus understood to mean inactivated viruses, attenuated viruses, or recombinant proteins such as the dengue virus envelope protein.
• a vaccine virus is considered “inactivated” if it does not replicate on permissive cells.
• a vaccine virus is considered to be “attenuated” if, after growth at 37 ° C or 39 ° C on a Huh-7, VERO and / or C6 / 36 hepatic cell, said vaccine virus has a maximum titre that is at least 10 maximum titre obtained with the wild parental strain under the same culture conditions and as measured using the same titration method.
• a vaccine virus that shows diminished growth on at least one of the three cell types identified above is therefore considered “attenuated” in the context of the present invention.
• a vaccine virus that can be used in humans has a positive benefit / risk ratio, which generally meets the regulatory requirements for obtaining a marketing authorization.
• a dengue vaccine virus used in the context of the present invention is preferably a virus attenuated so that it does not induce the disease in humans.
• said vaccine virus only leads to side effects of more moderate intensity (i.e. average to low, or even zero) in the majority of vaccinated subjects while retaining its ability to induce a neutralizing antibody response.
• Non-limiting examples of dengue vaccinal viruses that may be used in the context of the present invention are: inactivated vaccine viruses, attenuated vaccine viruses such as attenuated VDV-1, VDV-2 strains, described for example in the applications: WO02 / 66621 , WO0057904 , WO0057908 , WO0057909 ; WO0057910 , WO02 / 0950075 and WO02 / 102828 , or chimeras.
• the chimeric viruses have the particularity of presenting the characteristics of the attenuated viruses as defined above.
• any chimeric virus expressing the envelope protein of a dengue virus and inducing an immune response comprising antibodies neutralizing the serotype from which the envelope protein is derived can therefore be used within the scope of the present invention.
• ChimeriVax TM dengue as described, for example, in the patent application.
• WO 98/37911 dengue / dengue chimeras as described for example in patent applications WO9640933 and WO0160847
• the vaccinal dengue serotype 1 virus may be, for example, the vaccine strain VDV1 or a ChimeriVax TM DEN-1, in particular a YF17D / DEN-1 virus or a DEN-1 16007 / PDK13 strain.
• the vaccinal dengue serotype 2 virus may be, for example, the vaccine strain VDV2 or a ChimeriVax TM DEN-2, in particular a YF17D / DEN-2 virus, or a DEN-2 16681 / PDK53 strain.
• the vaccine virus of serotype 3 dengue fever may be a ChimeriVax TM DEN-3, particularly a YF17D / DEN-3 virus.
• the vaccine virus of dengue serotype 4 may be a ChimeriVax TM DEN-4, in particular a YF17D / DEN-4 virus. This strain has been described in the patent application. EP1159968 on behalf of Mahidol University and has been deposited with the National Collection of Cultures of Microorganisms (CNCM) under number I-2483.
• VDV or "Vero Dengue Vaccine” means a live attenuated viral dengue strain adapted to Vero cells and capable of inducing a specific humoral response, including the induction of neutralizing antibodies, in primates and in particular in humans .
• VDV-1 is a strain obtained from a DEN-1 16007 wild-type strain which has undergone 11 passages on PDK cells (DEN-1 16007 / PDK11) which was then amplified on Vero cells at 32 ° C., and RNA was purified and transfected into Vero cells.
• the strain VDV-1 has 14 additional mutations compared to the vaccine strain DEN-1 16007 / PDK13 (13 passages on PDK-Primary Dog Kidney cells).
• the strain DEN-1 16007 / PDK13 also called “LAV1”
• LAV1 has been described in the patent application EP1159968 in the name of Mahidol University and has been filed with the National Collection of Microorganism Cultures (CNCM) under number I-2480.
• VDV-1 strain The complete sequence of the VDV-1 strain is given to the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1. Said strain can be easily reproduced from said sequence. A method of preparation and the characterization of the VDV-1 strain have been described in the international patent application filed in the names of Sanofi-Pasteur and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention under the number PCT / IB 2006/001313.
• VDV-2 is a strain obtained from a wild-type strain DEN-2 16681 which has undergone 50 passages on PDK cells (DEN-2 16681 / PDK50), purified by plate and whose RNA has been extracted and purified before to be transfected into Vero cells. The VDV-2 strain was then obtained by plaque purification and amplification on Vero cells. The strain VDV-2 has 10 additional mutations compared to the DEN-2 16681 / PDK53 vaccine strain (53 passages on PDK cells), including 4 silent mutations.
• the strain DEN-2 16681 / PDK53 also called “LAV2”
• LAV2 has been described in the patent application EP1159968 in the name of Mahidol University and has been registered with the National Collection of Microorganism Cultures (CNCM) under number I-2481.
• the complete sequence of the VDV-2 strain is shown in the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2.
• the VDV-2 strain can be easily reproduced from said sequence.
• a process for the preparation and characterization of the VDV-2 strain has been described in the international patent application filed in the names of Sanofi-Pasteur and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention under the number PCT / IB 2006/001513.
• Strains VDV 1 and 2 are prepared by amplification on Vero cells. Viruses produced are harvested and clarified from cellular debris by filtration. The DNA is digested by enzymatic treatment. The impurities are removed by ultrafiltration. Infectious titres may be increased by a concentration method. After addition of a stabilizer, the strains are stored in freeze-dried or frozen form before use and then reconstituted extemporaneously.
• CYD ChimeriVax TM dengue
• CYD refers to a chimeric yellow fever (YF) virus which comprises the backbone of a YF virus in which the coding sequences for the pre-membrane and envelope proteins have been replaced by those of a DEN virus.
• CYD-1 or CYD DEN1 is a chimeric YF virus containing the prM and E sequences of a dengue serotype 1 (DEN-1) strain.
• CYD-2 or CYD DEN2 refers to a chimeric YF virus containing the prM and E sequences of a DEN-2 strain.
• CYD-3 or CYD DEN3 is a chimeric YF virus containing the prM and E sequences of a DEN-3 strain.
• CYD-4 or CYD DEN4 refers to a chimeric YF virus containing the prM and E sequences of a DEN-4 strain.
• the preparation of these ChimeriVax TM dengue has been described in detail in international patent applications WO 98/37911 and WO 03/101397 which can be referred to for a precise description of their preparation process.
• chimeras described in the examples were generated using the prM and E sequences derived from the DEN 1 PU0359 (TYP1140), DEN2 PU0218, DEN3 PaH881 / 88 and DEN41288 (TVP980) strains. Any strain of the dengue virus could be used in the context of the present invention for the construction of chimeras.
• the chimeric YF virus comprises the backbone of an attenuated yellow fever strain YF17D ( Theiler M, and Smith HH (1937) J Exp. Med 65, p767-786 .) (YF17D / DEN-1 virus, YF17D / DEN-2, YF17D / DEN-3, YF17D / DEN-4).
• YF17D strains examples include YF17D204 (YF-Vax®, Sanofi-Pasteur, Swifwater, PA, USA; Stamaril®, Sanofi-Pasteur, Marcy l'Etoile, France; ARILVAX TM, Chiron, Speke, Liverpool, UK; FLAVIMUN®, Berna Biotech, Bern) , Switzerland, YF17D-204 France (X15067, X15062); YF17D-204,234 US ( Rice et al., 1985, Science, 229: 726-733 ), or related strains YF17DD (Genbank accession number U17066), YF17D-213 (Genbank accession number U17067) and strains YF17DD described by Galler et al. (1998, Vaccines 16 (9/10): 1024-1028). Any other strain of attenuated yellow fever virus that can be used in humans can be used in the context of the present invention for the
• the present invention therefore also relates to a composition or bivalent vaccine comprising an immunoeffective amount of a dengue vaccine virus of a first serotype and a dengue vaccine virus of a second serotype and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
• the divalent composition or vaccine according to the invention comprises CYD DEN-1 and CYD DEN-2, or CYD DEN-3 and CYD DEN-4, or CYD DEN-1 and CYD DEN-3 or CYD DEN-2 and CYD DEN-4, advantageously the vaccine viruses are present in the vaccine at a quantity of 10 5 DICC 50 .
• Each ChimeriVax TM monovalent dengue vaccine virus (serotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4) was prepared by amplification of each serotype on Vero cells. More specifically, the four viruses are produced separately on adherent Vero cells in serum-free medium. The viral harvest, clarified from cell debris by filtration, is then concentrated and purified by ultrafiltration and chromatography to remove DNA from the host cells. After addition of a stabilizer, the vaccine strains are stored frozen or lyophilized before use and then reconstituted extemporaneously. The same process is applied for the four chimeras.
• a dose, composition or vaccine is "monovalent” when it contains in addition to a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient a single serotype of dengue virus.
• a dose, composition or vaccine is "bivalent” when it contains two different serotypes of dengue virus.
• a dose, composition or vaccine is “trivalent” when it contains three different serotypes of dengue virus.
• a dose, composition or vaccine is "tetravalent” when it contains four different serotypes of dengue virus.
• the multivalent compositions are obtained by simple mixing of the monovalent compositions.
• Patient refers to a person (child or adult) who may be infected with dengue fever, particularly a person at risk of infection, such as a person traveling to areas where dengue fever is present or an inhabitant of dengue fever. these regions. This term includes na ⁇ ve people as well as non-naive people for the dengue virus.
• the inventors have shown in particular that the administration of the four serotypes in the form of two simultaneous bivalent administrations at distinct anatomical sites followed by a booster 30 days to 12 months after the first series of administrations makes it possible to obtain homologous protection. effective against the 4 serotypes.
• the method according to the present invention is therefore of particular interest in the context of a dengue immunization strategy.
• the four serotypes of dengue fever can be administered in any order provided that they are administered two by two (ie doses (i) and (ii) respectively in the form of two monovalent doses or one dose unique bivalent) simultaneously in separate sites.
• the method according to the present invention comprises the administration of the following dengue vaccine viruses: (i) serotypes 1 and 2; (ii) serotypes 3 and 4 or (i) serotypes 1 and 3; (ii) serotypes 2 and 4.
• the doses (i) and (ii) are advantageously in the form of bivalent doses.
• the immunization method according to the invention comprises the administration of the following dengue vaccine viruses (i) CYD DEN-1 and CYD DEN-2; (ii) CYD DEN-3 and CYD DEN-4; or (i) CYD DEN-1 and CYD DEN-3; (ii) CYD DEN-2 and CYD DEN-4.
• the doses (i) and (ii) are advantageously in the form of bivalent doses.
• the immunization method according to the present invention comprises a second series of administrations carried out from 30 days to 12 months, advantageously from 30 days to 3 months, preferably 30 days, 45 days or 60 days after the first series of administrations (i and ii) which advantageously comprises the administration of the same compositions as those used in the first series which are advantageously administered under the same conditions.
• dose of vaccine virus in the context of the present invention a composition comprising an "immunoefficient amount" of the dengue vaccine virus, that is to say a sufficient amount of dengue virus to induce a response neutralizing antibody, which can be demonstrated for example by the serum neutralization test as described below in Example 1.
• a serum is considered positive for the presence of neutralizing antibodies when the neutralizing antibody titer as well as determined is greater than or equal to 1: 10 (unit: 1 / dilution).
• Vaccine strain amounts are commonly expressed in terms of plaque forming unit (PFU) or infective dose 50% of tissue culture or 50% infective dose of cell culture (DICC 50 ).
• PFU plaque forming unit
• DICC 50 infective dose 50% of tissue culture or 50% infective dose of cell culture
• the compositions according to the invention may contain from 10 to 10 6 DICC 50 , in particular from 10 3 to 10 5 DICC 50 dengue vaccine virus of serotype 1, 2, 3 or 4 for a monovalent or bivalent composition.
• the vaccine virus doses of dengue serotype 1, 2, 3 and 4 are preferably each in a range from 10 to 10 6 DICC 50 , such as 10, 10 1 , 2 2 , 3 , 10 4 , 10 5 or 10 6 DICC 50, in particular in a range from 10 3 to 10 5 DICC 50 .
• the vaccine viruses can be used in identical doses or different, which can be adjusted according to the nature of the vaccine virus used and the intensity of the immune response obtained.
• the monovalent or bivalent doses of vaccine viruses respectively comprise 10 5 DICC 50 of CYD DEN-1, of CYD DEN-2, of CYD DEN-3 and of CYD DEN-4.
• the neutralizing antibody response is advantageously durable, i.e., it can be detected in serum at least 6 months after the second series of administrations (i) and (ii).
• the dose of a Dengue vaccine virus of a first serotype and the dose of a Dengue vaccine virus of a second serotype are administered simultaneously as two monovalent compositions. or advantageously in the form of a single bivalent composition or dose.
• the dose of a dengue vaccine virus of a third serotype and the dose of a dengue vaccine virus of a fourth serotype are administered simultaneously under form of two monovalent vaccine compositions, or advantageously in the form of a single bivalent vaccine composition.
• the vaccine viruses are administered in the form of vaccine compositions or doses of vaccine viruses which may be prepared according to any method known to those skilled in the art.
• viruses generally in freeze-dried form, are mixed with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, such as water or phosphate buffered saline, wetting or stabilizing agents.
• pharmaceutically acceptable excipient is meant any solvent, dispersion medium, charge etc, which does not produce a side reaction, for example allergic, in humans or animals.
• the excipient is selected according to the chosen dosage form, method and route of administration. Suitable excipients, as well as pharmaceutical formulation requirements, are described in "Remington: The Science & Practice of Pharmacy", which is a reference work in the field.
• the vaccine compositions are prepared in injectable form, and may correspond to liquid solutions, suspensions or emulsions.
• the compositions may in particular comprise an aqueous solution buffered to maintain a pH of between about 6 and 9 (as determined with a pH meter at room temperature).
• compositions may nevertheless comprise such a compound, that is to say a substance that increases, stimulates or strengthens the cellular or humoral immune response induced by the vaccine strain. administered simultaneously.
• an adjuvant that may be appropriate in the context of the present invention.
• the vaccine compositions according to the invention may be administered according to any route usually used for vaccination, for example the parenteral route (especially intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular), advantageously subcutaneously.
• the vaccine compositions are injectable compositions administered subcutaneously in the region of the left deltoid and right deltoid.
• the volume of composition administered depends on the route of administration. For subcutaneous injections, the volume is generally between 0.1 and 1.0 ml, preferably about 0.5 ml.
• the optimal time for administration of all serotypes 1 to 4 is approximately 1 to 3 months before exposure to the dengue virus.
• the vaccines can be administered as a prophylactic treatment for dengue virus infection in adults and children.
• Target populations therefore include people who may be naive (ie, not previously immunized) or non-naive with respect to the dengue virus.
• Recall administrations of dengue vaccine viruses of serotypes 1 to 4 may also be used for example between 6 months and 10 years, for example 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years or 10 years after administration of the second series of administrations according to the invention.
• the recall administrations will be implemented advantageously in Using the same vaccine compositions (ie the same vaccine virus) and preferably in the same conditions of administration (anatomical sites and routes of administration) as used for the 1 st and 2 nd series of administrations.
• the interference phenomena can be explained by the dominance of one or more serotypes compared to others and are therefore independent of the technology used to manufacture the candidate vaccine (ex VDV or ChimeriVax).
• the method according to the present invention can therefore generally be applied to any dengue vaccine virus.
• the present invention also relates to an immunization kit against the four serotypes of the dengue virus.
• the kit according to the present invention comprises the doses as defined above in relation to the proposed immunization method.
• the kit according to the invention therefore comprises a box containing the different containers containing the vaccine doses and advantageously an explanatory brochure containing the information useful for the administration of vaccines.
• kits according to the invention may contain a single or multiple copies of the containers as described above.
• the kit will advantageously comprise at least one additional container containing the diluent for reconstituting an injectable vaccine dose.
• Any pharmaceutically acceptable diluent can be used for this purpose, conventionally, water or a phosphate buffered aqueous solution.
• Viremia and immunogenicity were tested in a monkey model.
• Viremia in particular, has been identified as one of the factors associated with virulence and severity of illness in men and is therefore an important parameter to consider. Immunogenicity is a key parameter in the assessment of protection conferred.
• the monkeys were immunized subcutaneously in the arms with 0.5 ml of vaccine composition. After mild anesthesia with ketamine (Imalgene, Merial), blood was collected by puncture at the inguinal or saphenous veins. At days 0 and 28 following each immunization, 5 ml of blood was sampled to evaluate the antibody responses, while between days 2 and 10, 1 ml of blood was sampled to assess the viremia. Blood was collected on ice and kept on ice until serum was separated. To do this, the blood was centrifuged for 20 minutes at 4 ° C and the collected serum stored at -80 ° C until testing.
• ketamine Intra, Merial
• Post-vaccination viremia was followed by real-time quantitative RT-PCT (qRT-PCR).
• Two sets of primers and probes located in the NS5 gene of DEN1 and DEN2 strains were used to quantify VDV-1 and VDV-2 RNA respectively.
• a third set of 2 primers and 1 probe located in the NS5 gene of YF virus was used to quantify CYD RNA.
• RNAs Seven plasmids containing, under the control of the T7 promoter, the region targeted by each PCR, were transcribed in vitro to generate a series of synthetic RNAs that were included as internal reference in each RT-PCT assay. These synthetic RNAs were determined by spectrophotometry, the amount of RNA obtained was converted into RNA copy number and expressed in GEQ (genomic equivalents).
• the reaction mixtures contained, in addition to the components of the Qiagen Qauntitect TM probes RT-PCR kit (Qiagen), 10 picomoles of each primer, 4 picomoles of each probe and 5 ⁇ l of RNA, in a total volume of 25. .mu.l.
• Qiagen Qauntitect TM probes RT-PCR kit
• 10 picomoles of each primer 4 picomoles of each probe and 5 ⁇ l of RNA, in a total volume of 25. .mu.l.
• 5 .mu.l of the purified preparation was directly introduced into the reaction mixture, without a prior dilution step.
• the synthetic RNAs were diluted 1/10 in RNAse-free water, and 7 dilutions containing approximately 10 to 10 6 GEQ in 5 ⁇ l were quantified in parallel to generate the standard curve.
• Quantification reactions were performed by the Applied Biosystem ABIPrism 700 TM instrument, using the following program: 50 ° C / 30 min, 95 ° C / 15 min, followed by 40 cycles of 95 ° C / 15 sec. 60 ° C / 60 sec.
• the limit of quantification of the viral RNA in this test is 2.9 to 3.3 log 10 GEQ / ml (800 to 2000 GEQ / ml, 4 to 10 GEQ / reaction), according to the PCR targets (standard deviation: +/- 0.3 log 10 )
• the correlation between the infectious titer and the quantification of viral RNA was established in parallel with the assays by analysis of 0.140 ml of negative monkey (OD) sera samples into which a known amount of infectious particles of the viruses served for immunization (CYD or VDV). Said control sera were prepared at two dilutions containing about 1 PFU and about 100PFU in 5 ⁇ l (2.3 and 4.3 log 10 PFU / ml, respectively).
• Ratio GEQ / PFU of 2.5 log 10 (ie: 1 PFU 320 GEQ) for the will be positive in VDV1 or VDV2.
• the quantification limits were ⁇ 3.3 log 10 GEQ / ml (ie ⁇ 4 PFU / ml) for qRT-PCR YF and CYDs and ⁇ 2.9 log 10 GEQ / ml (ie: ⁇ 2.5 PFU / ml) for qRT- PCR VDV1 and VDV2.
• the primers and probes used are given in Table 1 below, in which the sense and antisense primers and the probe are listed in order for each test.
• a 96-well plate 0.120 ml of each decomplemented serum is added to 0.480 ml of diluent (ISCOVE 4% FCS) per well. Serial dilutions of a factor of 6 are carried out by transfer of 0.150 ml of serum into 0.450 ml of diluent. 450 ⁇ l of viral dilution at 2.7 log 10 DICC50 / ml are added to each well to obtain 25 CCID50 / well. The plate is incubated at 37 ° C for 1 hour.
• 0.1 ml of each dilution is then distributed in 6 wells of a 96-well plate in which VERO cells were inoculated 3 days before the start of the experiment at a density of 8000 cells / well, in 0.1 ml of ISCOVE medium. 4% FCS ,. After 6 days of incubation at 37 ° C., in the presence of 5% of CO 2 , the cells are fixed with ethanol / acetone (70/30) at 4 ° C. for 15 minutes, then washed 3 times in PBS and incubated for 1 h at 37 ° C in the presence of 0.05 ml of a 1/2000 dilution of an anti-flavivirus monoclonal antibody (mAb 4G2).
• mAb 4G2 an anti-flavivirus monoclonal antibody
• the viral detection limit is 10 SN50 (i.e. 1.0 log 10 SN50).
• Viral strains which have been used for the neutralization are the strains DEN1 16007, DEN2 16681, DEN3 16562 or DEN4 1036.
• the average title is established by calculating the geometric mean of the titles expressed in linear value, the samples whose title is lower than the detection threshold are assigned, by convention, a value equal to half of this threshold.
• the immunization was performed by subcutaneous route in the arm with a 23G1 needle, at a dose May 10 CCID 50 for each serotype for CYD DEN 1-4 vaccines.
• Table 2 Group Composition and Immunization Protocol monkeys Group immunizations D0 J58 1 CYD 1 2 in an arm CYD 1 2 in an arm CYD 3 4 in the other arm CYD 3 4 in the other arm 2 CYD 1234 CYD 1234
• Table 4 The results of viremia are given in Table 4.
• Table 4 viremia analysis (units: log10 GEQ / mL) Primoimmunisation Recall Group Monkey J2 J3 J4 J6 J7 J8 J9 J10 J58 J59 J62 J63 J64 J65 J66 1 AP545 3.17 - - - 3.12 3.67 4.55 4.59 - - - - - - - - - CYD1,2 + CYD3,4 A0949 3.93 3.66 3.34 4.57 - - - - - - - - - - 2pts injection AP335 3.36 3.06 3.34 3.83 4.05 4.41 4.24 3.64 - - - - - - - AP817 4.17 3.99 3.61 - - - - 2.89 - - - - - - 2 AP676 - - - - - 3.65 - - - -
• Viremia and immunogenicity were tested in the monkey model as in Example 1.
• the bivalent compositions tested respectively contain the most immunogenic vaccine viruses (CYD-1,4) and vaccine viruses the less immunogenic immunogens (CYD-2,3).

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